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Luis Suarez sensationally appeared to BITE Giorgio Cheillini during Uruguay's decisive 1-0 victory over Italy in their final Group D game at the World Cup.

The striker was given rough treatment by the Italians throughout the game, with defenders Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli scything him down at every opportunity - and even the mild mannered Andrea Pirlo appearing to aim an elbow in his direction.

However, there is no excuse for Suarez's reaction in the 80th minute when he was seemed to sink his teeth into Chiellini's left shoulder during a Uruguay attack - forcing an hysterical reaction from the Italian hardman who pulled down his shirt sleeve and chased the referee to show him the teeth marks.

VIDEO:Scroll down to watch all THREE Luis Suarez biting incidents

The tooth hurts: Giorgio Chiellini pullls down his shirt to expose teeth marks

Bite night! Luis Suarez holds his teeth after the biting incident during the World Cup against Giorgio Chiellini

Not fooling anyone: Suarez holds his teeth after sinking them into the shoulder of Giorgio Chiellini

Crying foul: Chiellini reacts after being bitten by Suarez in the 80th minute of the World Cup match

Teething problems: Giorgio Chiellini gets to his feet to complain to the refree

Hysterical: Giorgio Chiellini chases the referee but the official did not see the incident

Cover up! Suarez holds his face to suggest that he had only collided with the Italian defender

Suarez reacted by holding his mouth to suggest he had accidentally collided with the defender and managed to escape a caution as the incident went unseen by the match official.

Uruguay went on to win the game, courtesy of a late goal from Atletico Madrid defender Diego Godin, and qualify for the next stage of the tournament - although Suarez's World Cup future could be in the balance, especially after Chiellini confirmed that he had been bitten.

FIFA said that they were awaiting the official match report and 'gathering all necessary information before making a decision'.

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Stage 2: The Liverpool striker moves his head close to Chiellini's shoulder as he prepares to attack

Stage 3: Suarez appears to clamp his jaws down and bite Chiellini's shoulder

Incredibly, this is the THIRD time that Suarez has been involved in a biting incident with an opponent.

The Liverpool striker received a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in April 2013. After that incident he tweeted: 'I'm sad for what happened this afternoon, I apologize Ivanovic and all football world for my inexcusable behaviour. I'm so sorry about it!!'

Those words now seem even more hollow, especially as it was the second time he had failed to learn from his mistakes after previously receiving a seven-game ban for biting PSV's Ottman Bakkal while playing for Ajax in November 2010.

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Ouch! Ottman Bakkal shows the bite marks to a PSV teammate after the incident